Rivière-du-Nord

Rivière-du-Nord
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	115,180
Electors (2011)	85,179
Area (km²)	451.10
Pop. density (per km²)	255.3
Census divisions	La Rivière-du-Nord
Census subdivisions	Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Sophie, Saint-Colomban, Prévost, Saint-Hippolyte

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Rivière-du-Nord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 90,419.

[edit] Geography

The electoral district was created in 2003: 83.3% of the population of the riding came from Laurentides, 9.3% from Berthier—Montcalm and 7.4% from Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel ridings.

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
38th	2004–2006	Monique Guay	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Pierre Dionne Labelle	New Democratic

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pierre Dionne Labelle	29,603	55.3	+40.6
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	15,105	28.2	-25.4
	Conservative	Sylvain Charron	4,469	8.3	-6.1
	Liberal	Jonathan Juteau	3,400	6.3	-7.3
	Green	René Piché	972	1.8	-1.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,549	100.0
Total rejected ballots			880	1.6	–
Turnout			54,429	60.2	–
Eligible voters			90,398	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	26,588	53.6	-5.5	$30,431
	New Democratic	Simon Bernier	7,187	14.5	+7.3	$1,889
	Conservative	Gilles Duguay	7,170	14.4	-6.3	$21,051
	Liberal	Joao Neves	6,755	13.6	+4.3	$2,401
	Green	René Piché	1,656	3.3	-0.3
	Independent	Jocelyne Leduc	273	0.6	$165
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,629	100.0	$88,578
Total rejected ballots			851	1.0
Electors on lists			85,179
Turnout			align="right"	align="right"\|59,26

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	27,789	59.1	-7.3	$48,755
	Conservative	Pierre Albert	9,769	20.8	+15.2	$6,473
	Liberal	Yannick Guénette	4,365	9.3	-12.3	$7,837
	New Democratic	Simon Bernier	3,393	7.2	+4.3	$1,863
	Green	Maude Genet	1,722	3.7	+1.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,038	100.0	$79,573

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	29,204	66.3	–	$60,052
	Liberal	Lorraine Auclair	9,509	21.6	–	$55,195
	Conservative	Catherine Brousseau	2,435	5.5	–	$4,362
	New Democratic	François Côté	1,290	2.9	–
	Green	Marcel Poirier	1,129	2.6	–
	Marijuana	Christian Marcoux	459	1.0	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,026	100.0	$76,106